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Throat : Small speckled guinea - fowl over a 

 yellow hackle. 



Wings : A golden-pheasant tippet-feather, and a 

 blood-red feather from the breast of the same 

 bird, set back to back, and reaching nearly to 

 the bend of the hook ; over these are strips 

 of teal, golden-pheasant tail, small speckled 

 guinea - fowl, bustard, and peacock's wing, 

 strands of red parrot, yellow swan, mallard 

 at the top. 



Horns : Blue macaw. 



Cheeks : Blue chatterer. 



Head : Black ostrich or black wool. 



8. THE CHAMPION. 



Tag : Silver twist and yellow silk. 



Tail : A topping, light-gray mallard, and two or 

 three strands of light-blue and light-crimson 

 dyed swan. 



Butt : Black ostrich. 



Body : Light - blue silk ; dark - yellow, crimson, 

 dark-crimson, dark-blue, and black pig's wool 

 or seal's fur, placed from tail to head in the 

 order given and equally divided, and ribbed 

 with flat silver tinsel with fine round silver 

 twist laid beside it. 



Hackle : Black, as far as the black portion of the 

 body. 



Throat : Blue jay, or guinea-fowl dyed blue. 



